ESPN NFL 2005 to be released on July 20th

[EvilMog]

I think EA may actually be a bit concearned.

Oh and I also say FUCK the faces.

And for once somebody better get the fucking stadium noise/atmosphere right in an NFL game. I don't think anyone has yet. NCAA last year sounded pretty good though.

Would it kill EA or Sega to NOT spend money on new band music and just play exactly whats heard at the games? WOULD IT?

though Who Let the Dogs Out might get annoying...

[Astral]

Well at least you can actually edit the stadium music on ESPN this year, anything from your custom soundtracks can be set to different moments of the game.

[kingoffighters]

Well at least you can actually edit the stadium music on ESPN this year, anything from your custom soundtracks can be set to different moments of the game.

Awesome! Time for some Mozart and Beethoven!

[StriderKyo]

I think Giants Stadium is going to be rockin' to the sweet sounds of William Shatner this year.

[Timber]

The first QB club was an amazing game, and made Madden look visually a generation behind. I'm pretty sure EGM even had it rated higher at the time. The series fell off after the first two games, though. I was a huge Tecmo Super Bowl fan, although I liked the NES one better.

Yeah ok, I remember liking the first QB Club game a bit but none of my friends had it so all we would play was madden other than playing around with the QB Challenge mode. And yeah the NES TSB was better but everyone played the new one for the roster updates. Too bad the series went off the deep end with TSB2 & 3 and lets not even acknowledge the PSX version.

[StriderKyo]

There was a psx version? Please tell me it wasn't developed by Appaloosa or something.

[BRAD73]

I think EA may actually be a bit concearned.

Oh and I also say FUCK the faces.

And for once somebody better get the fucking stadium noise/atmosphere right in an NFL game. I don't think anyone has yet. NCAA last year sounded pretty good though.

Would it kill EA or Sega to NOT spend money on new band music and just play exactly whats heard at the games? WOULD IT?

though Who Let the Dogs Out might get annoying...

I should pick this up wed of next week that's when ebgames will get it. Hopefully we can hook up and play. If no one starts a espn2k5 online thread I'll do it so some of us can line up some games like we do in the pandora thread. Hope to play against you soon, have no idea what team I'll use this year.

[Timber]

There was a psx version? Please tell me it wasn't developed by Appaloosa or something.

I have no idea who it was developed by. But, if I remember right, they tried to compete with Madden that year and made it a serious FB game with a simple control scheme. It's been a very long time since I've played it and I've tried my hardest to forget about it.

Wow, I checked GameFAQs reviews and the only two knuckleheads who did write reviews freaking loved the game.

[EvilMog]

I should pick this up wed of next week that's when ebgames will get it. Hopefully we can hook up and play. If no one starts a espn2k5 online thread I'll do it so some of us can line up some games like we do in the pandora thread. Hope to play against you soon, have no idea what team I'll use this year.

Yeah we'll see. I'll get my ass whupped since I'm use to Madden. Maybe I'll make StormShadow play online with me vs you.

[soundwave]

I'm definitely getting this. The ESPN/NFL2k series has always been excellent. The $20 price may backfire because people may associate the low price with low quality. Everything I have seen, read, etc point to this being the football title to beat. I agree that this is sort of a last ditch effort to make the franchise more profitable--otherwise Sega will stop making sports games altogether and then we'll be relegated to Madden. Visual Concepts ' games have always been polished and innovative games--you can' fault them for being unable to beat EA but you can't fault their solid titles.

Has anyone seen the create a crib mode? They have videos of it at gametrailers.com. You earn crib points to decorate your pad. There's a jukebox you can listen to music on (I'm sure the XBOX rev will support the custom soundtrack) and a TV where you can watch interviews and other clips. You can play minigames on there like darts (ala Shenmue) and I think air hockey as well. There's also a trophy display area and you can collect Bobbleheads of your favorite players.